slur
Example Sentences
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Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
"I categorically deny using a misogynistic slur 14 years ago and I'm horrified at its invention more than a decade later. It is absolutely not a word I would have used."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
"In that instance, the edit team did hear the racial slur on the feed and removed it immediately from the version of the ceremony that would be broadcast later that evening," Davie said.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
That this didn’t happen has sparked a back-and-forth about culpability, with Deadline reporting BAFTA’s assurance that it made the BBC and the broadcast’s producers aware that the slur was audible shortly after Davidson blurted it.
From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026
“Phew, Jules, I am pooped,” I slur, shooting her a side eye and seeing her pregnant belly at eye level just over my shoulder.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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